Observation Quotes

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses.

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.

Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation.

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.

It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very little is yet known of them; and every observation, if carefully made, will some day help to show what they are.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.